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• “Every discipline does it,” is a Pathetic Excuse of Horse Abuse
• “He's Being An Asshole”, and Other Name Calling
• “Just a Moment In Time,” The Argument to Excuse Horse Abuse
• #DitchTheNoseband
• 10 Trust Building Exercises for Equestrians
• 11 Symptoms of Strong Rein Aids
• 12 Important Things Horses Have Told Me and Taught Me
• 19 Hard Things You Need to Do to Be a Successful Equestrian
• 2010 WEG Demonstrates Hyperflexion
• 2014 Equestrian Blog in Review
• 2017 Birthday Reflections
• 3 Inspirational Equestrians You Don't Want to Miss
• 3 Reasons I'm Jealous of Riders Like Anky van Grunsven
• 3 Ways to Improve Your Riding (when it's too cold to ride)
• 5 Grams
• 5 Horse Needs
• 5 Reasons Equestrians Avoid Speaking Up Online
• 5 Ways to Confront Horse Abuse
• 8 Ways to Create a Highly Effective Learning Environment for Your Horse
• 8 Ways to Reward Your Horse
• A Beginner’s Guide to Rollkur
• A Case of Clinicianitis
• A Case Study Humanized.
• A Clinic with Nuno Oliveira
• A Definition of Equitation
• A Meditation Upon the Horse
• A Problem with Parelli
• A Real Horseman Is More Than Just A Rider
• Acknowledging A Love
• Amazement : What Horses Will Put Up With
• American Horses Are Still Being Slaughtered
• An Equestrian's Dying Wish
• An Equestrian's Guide to Responsible Commenting
• Are you abusing your tack?
• Are You An Idle Equestrian?
• Are You One of the Discarded?
• Are You Riding Towards A Goal?
• Artificial Horse Abuse
• Association Is More Powerful Than Reward?
• Avoid Killing Your Vet
• Backyard Breeding is the Blight of the Horse Industry
• Bad Horse Ads: Episode 1
• Bad Horse Ads: Episode 2
• Ballet on Horseback
• Ban the Noseband?
• Barrel Racers Keeping It Classy
• Barrel Racing & How Not to Deal with Bad Publicity
• Be One With Your Horse – Without Crawling Inside Its Dead Body
• Being an Honest & Responsible Equestrian
• Bettina Drummond : An Inside Look In French
• Bettina Drummond: Classical vs Competitive Dressage is a Moral Issue
• Beware Willful Ignorance in the Horse Industry
• Blue Tongue Disgrace : But Wait, There’s More!
• Book Learning is Futile?
• Can't Find Me, Can't Ride Me.
• Carl Hester, “Don't Bash Totilas”
• Catching Difficulties
• Celebrity Equestrians Are Still Human
• Certain Breeds Are Too Lazy to Canter
• Change : Must It Come Through Negativity?
• Classical Dressage Inspiration: Visuals for the Week
• Classical Dressage Inspiration: Visuals for the Week #2
• Clinton Anderson isn't an Asshole
• Clinton Anderson Really Knows How to Abuse 2-Year-Olds
• Competitive Collection : Bench Pressing Air Weights
• Concentrate Your Way to Better Riding
• Consideration for the Horse
• Cowboy Breaking
• Creating Energy Through the Reins
• Creative Horsemanship Lessons from Burning Man
• Criticizing the use of Rollkur in Causing Parzival's Hospitalization
• Curiosity Killed the Equestrian?
• Cycles of Learning
• Cyndi Plasch and the Wiffle Ball Bat Abuse
• Dangerous Stunts
• Danny Thomas' Breaking Method Proves the Archaic Nature of Horsemanship
• Dare To Do Something Unexpected With Your Horse
• Dear Wisconsin Equestrians, Stop Starving Your Horses
• Desensitizing the Horse = NH Sham
• Did She Lit De World On Fire?
• Disengaging the Hindquarters
• Do Barrel Racers Cross the Line into Abuse?
• Do Tack Stores Perpetuate Abuse?
• Do You Half Halt?
• Documentary: Horse Doping & Sports Competition
• Don’t “Train” Your Horse : Become His Physical Trainer
• Download : Dr. Deb Bennett on Horse Maturation Rate
• Dressage in Crisis
• Dressage is Dead (can we please move on?)
• Dressage is Simple : Collection in Six Steps
• Dressage Knockout – As Terrible As It Sounds
• Dressage Queen Meme
• Easy & Effective Homemade Thrush Treatment
• Edward Gal Uses Rollkur – Updated
• EndoTapping : What’s The Real Deal?
• Equestrian Ability vs. Desire
• Equestrian Theater Is Alive! Thanks To Bartabas : Zingaro : Battuta
• Equestrians Should Be Afraid of PETA…
• Equestrians Should Disagree More, Argue Less
• Equestrians, go to the gym already
• Equestrians, how's your self-control?
• Exploring the Double Bridle : Unconventional Practice
• FBI Makes Horse Abuse a Felony
• Fear, Confidence & Benefit of the Doubt
• FEI = Failed Embarrassment Intervention
• Finding Balance In Dressage
• Flexing the Stiff Horse
• Forward : An Essential Ingredient
• François de la Gueriniere Translation
• Frank Went Rogue
• From Star Trek to Saddlebreds
• Gerry Cox Needs a Horsemanship Lesson
• Get Off Your Computer & Go Ride Your Horse
• Get On The Horse
• Going Aspartame Free Could Improve Your Riding Skills (and save your life!)
• Good For Difficult Horses
• Good Hands Require Intelligent Thought
• Good Leaders Make Their Horses Feel Safe
• Grow A New Hoof!
• Half Halt
• Helicopter, Helicopter!
• Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!
• Hi-Ho Chestnut!
• Honoring The Horse
• Horse abuse still allowed at Falsterbo Horse Show
• Horse Slaughter : For The Love of Money
• Horsemanship Done Right According to Whom!
• Horses are Abused, Why are We Afraid?
• Horses often live in a perpetual no-win situation
• Horses vs Horse-Related Activities
• Horsewomen, Be Sure to Value Yourself
• How Archaic Are Cribbing Rings?
• How Many Blondes Does It Take To Start A Horse?
• How To Avoid Drowning Your Horse
• How To Ride The Horse's Neck
• How To Rollkur : The Magic Method
• How to Stop Procrastinating
• How to Use Draw Reins
• How We Ignore Our Horse's Fear
• Humble Equestrian Pie
• Hyperflexion Breaks the Rules
• I Have a Suggestion
• Icelandic Foreign Language Film at the Oscar's
• If Dressage Could Save Itself
• If You Must Ride with a Bit Wrap It with Sealtex
• Inspiration: What Harmony Looks Like
• Inspiring Our Horses & Equestrians Through Leadership
• Is Eco-Friendly Horse Care Possible?
• Is this YouTube DIY Noseband Hack really from Susan Jaccoma?
• Is Winning The Battle Worth Starting A War?
• Is Your Horse Environment Supportive?
• Jean-François Pignon Clinic Is Worth Watching
• Just A Little Criticism
• Jørgen Olsen, Master of Yanking on Horse's Mouths
• Larry Trocha Teaches Us How to Create Difficult Horses
• LDR Isn't Rollkur… Or Is It?
• Lead Line Like a Boss
• Leadership Without Ego is the Rarest Commodity
• Learn What Your Horse Is Really Worth
• Link Between Autism and Dummy Foal Syndrome?
• Listening to Your Horse
• Logan Allen's Abusive Horse Training Methods
• Lonely T Ranch Loves Lame Horses
• Loving Horse Sport – Interview with EponaTV
• Madeleine Perkins : Restoring Our American Mustang (R.O.A.M.)
• Maintaining the Bend
• Making Rollkur Personal
• Manolo Mendez & Your Horse's Topline
• Manolo Mendez You Have My Attention
• Master Luis Valenca Rodrigues
• Mastering the Mounting Block
• Missing A Beginning : Why Most Horsemanship is Doomed to Fail From the Start
• Mistaking Abuse As A Training Method
• Money Isn't a Factor in Competitive Dressage
• Monty Roberts Watches Horrific Abuse in the Breaking of a Horse
• More Cringe-Worthy Barrel Racing Abuse
• More Evidence the FEI Supports Horse Abuse
• More Than Money : The Thoroughbred Horse
• Morning Pages & Artist's Date
• My Discipline Is…
• My Favorite Barrel Race
• My Horse is Amazing
• Naaaybelline
• Neighbelline
• New Rollkur Study
• No Really, Can We Stop Excusing Horse Abuse?
• Nobody Makes You Ride Horses, Be Responsible for Yourself
• Objectification Is Why Horses Are So Easily Abused
• Olympic Horse Has Personality!
• Open Mouth When Riding?
• Other Equestrians' Success Is Not Your Failure
• Our Endearing Partners
• Our Freedoms Cost The Horse's
• Our History Predicts Forceful Horsemanship
• Our own reflection can be found in the horse
• Out Of The Starting Gate
• Overview of Lightness
• Overwhelming Your Horse Can Cause Naughty Behavior
• Parelli Woes Continue
• PETA Exposes Horse Racing
• Philippe Karl Article
• Posting Trot : Stabilizing Those Legs
• Pressure and the Horse
• Procrastinating
• Professional Horse Fighters
• Putting Your Horse At Risk is Bad Horsemanship
• Q & A : Treat Training Your Horse
• Quotes from a Master: Nuno Oliveira
• Rediscovering Our Equestrian Passion
• Rein Tension Determines the “Rideability” of our Horse?
• Reiner Klimke & Ahlerich : A Look Back On 1984
• Reiner Klimke – Ahlerich
• Reining Competitions Promote Hyperflexion and Running the Horse into Walls
• Relax (Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff)
• Relaxation is a Virtue : Calm, Forward, Straight
• Resistance In the Horse
• Riders of The Cadre Noir Video
• Riding Horses After a Broken Neck
• Riding Two Abreast
• Rollkur Ban Gains Momentum
• Rollkur Started with Nicole Uphoff & Isabell Werth
• Romanticizing Bad Horsemanship
• Round Penning So Simple a Chicken Can Do It
• Saddle Pad Saga
• Safer Trail Riding with Safe Rider App
• Saved From One Death : Given To Another
• Science Proves Round Pen Methods a Joke
• Science: Barrel Racers Can Win Without Abusing Their Horse
• Selling Yourself to the Horse
• Shelley Browning Demonstrates Blatant Abuse in a Dressage Test
• Simplicity of the Aids – Part I
• Simplicity of the Aids – Part II
• Small World (Horse Wise!)
• Snooze & Spook
• Solving Herd Bound Issues
• Something Ugly About Fugly
• Sometimes Getting Kicked In The Face is Just What We Need
• Starting with Body Awareness
• Switzerland Criminalizes Hyperflexion
• Sympathy and Dressage Robots
• Taking a Closer Look at Nuno Oliveira with Bettina Drummond
• Taking A Lesson From Trick Horse Trainers
• Tennessee Republicans Support Horse Abuse
• The 12 Step Program for an Equestrian
• The 90 Year Old Equestrian
• The Addictive Nature of Negative Thoughts
• The Artist's Way for Equestrians
• The Benefits of Keeping A Barefoot Horse
• The Bloodless Bull “Fight”
• The Confusing Clarification of the Monty Roberts Abuse Video
• The Difference Between Classical and Competitive Dressage
• The Dilemma of Human Want
• The Equestrian God Complex
• The Fate of Totilas Lies with Sjef Janssen?
• The Gift of Equestrian Grudges
• The Good, The Bad, The Bitless Bridle…
• The Guide to Why Breeding Your Mare is a Terrible Idea
• The Hard-Mouthed Horse is a Myth
• The Horse Who Kills You Has Warned You First
• The Importance of Critique For Equestrians
• The Longevity of the Dressage Horse
• The Movie Secretariat
• The Natural Aids
• The Order of Aids : Simplicity
• The Orphanage of “On The Bit”
• The Popularity Contest
• The Problem with “Show Us What You Can Do”
• The Proper Fit
• The Rough Seas of Being Human.
• The Value of Ponying Young Horses
• The Video That Shows All That is Wrong with the Horse Community
• There's No Shame in Stepping Away From Horses
• This is Dressage!
• Tips for Posting the Trot Successfully
• TN Trainer Whipping Her Horse Proves She Isn't A Trainer
• To Noseband, Or Not To Noseband
• Top 10 Reasons Why Hyperflexion is Here to Stay
• Train Your Horse by the Brain, Not the Bit
• Try, Fail, Change
• Two Uses of the Legs
• Using Riding Gloves to Build Confidence
• Using Your Indoor Arena Voice
• Video of a Nuno Oliveira Carousel Lesson
• Virtual Lesson: Using Fear to Your Advantage
• Visual Lesson : Signs There are Holes in Your Horse's Training
• Visual Lesson : Your Seat and Legs Aren't That Important
• Visual Lesson: Eitan Beth-Halachmy on Training Your Horse to Dump You
• Watching the 2016 Rio Olympics Equestrian Games?
• We Begin.
• We Ride to War
• Weak Riding
• Wear a Damn Helmet Already
• Week 1 : Recovering a Sense of Safety
• Week 10 : Recovering a Sense of Self Protection
• Week 11 : Recovering a Sense of Autonomy
• Week 12 : Recovering a Sense of Faith
• Week 2 : Recovering a Sense of Identity
• Week 3 : Recovering a Sense of Power
• Week 4 : Recovering A Sense of Integrity
• Week 5 : Recovering a Sense of Possibility
• Week 6 : Recovering A Sense of Abundance
• Week 7 : Recovering A Sense of Connection
• Week 8 : Recovering A Sense of Strength
• Week 9 : Recovering a Sense of Compassion
• WEG Warmup: Familiar Faces in Team USA Lineup
• WEG Warmup: FEI Announces New WEG 2014 Slogan
• WEG Warmup: FEI Calls For Blood
• What A Jerk of a Horse!
• What is Equitation?
• What is your commitment?
• What the Andreas Helgestrand Abuse Is Not About
• What the Best Ride Ever Feels Like
• When Equestrian Art Meets Mozart & Bartabas
• Who Are You Riding For?
• Who Is Clinton Anderson?
• Why Ego Based Riding Fails
• Why I Ride Without Stirrups
• Why Novice Riders Make Excellent Teachers
• Why Starting 2 Year Olds is a Bad Idea
• Why The Need For Lunging?
• Why You Should Buy A Helmet Today
• Winning Every Training Session
• You're Confusing the &*#! Out of Your Horse